The Gospel in Philippi | Acts 16:1-10

. Since the beginning of the year, we’ve been looking at the signs of Jesus as presented to us in John’s Gospel. Today begins our examination of Christ’s “I am” statements. We’ll be looking at these through the Easter season. And as with Christ’s miracles, these “I am” statements reveal something about Jesus—not simply as…

As we continue our discussion on these habits of grace, we don’t want to see them as daunting tasks, based on sheer effort but as habits fueled by the grace of God in Christ. And if there ever was a habit requiring grace-based fuel in the Christian life; it’s the habit of forgiveness. We know…

As Mark noted a few weeks ago, we’re using this time between Easter Sunday and AscensionSunday to examine the “Stories of the Kingdom” found in the book of Acts. In doing so, we’reconsidering how many of these stories reflect ideas spoken of by Jesus in His kingdom parables. Notes

So, how many of us grew up hearing things like “baptism is a sacred moment” or “communion is a sacred, solemn time?” I think that’s a lot of us! And, especially when we are younger, we don’t tend to fathom what that really means, to experience a sacred moment, largely in part because we haven’t…

We’ve been in John’s gospel since January and we have to agree that everything we’ve studied concerning Jesus, points to the fact that he’s trustworthy. We looked at his seven signs (miracles) and for the last fewweeks we’ve studied his “I Am” statements. What he says of himself and the implications that follow. Last week…

Today marks the beginning of the Eastertide season, which is the period from Easter culminating in Pentecost Sunday; when we’ll celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit. Last week we celebrated the resurrection of our Lord from the dead and bolstered our resolve to live with resurrection hope that our Lord is indeed making all…